Kurt Cobain
Acting
- Born:
- 1967-02-20
- Died:
- 1994-04-05
- Place of birth:
- Aberdeen, Washington, USA
Biography
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain however was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993). During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the US alone, and over 50 million worldwide.
Known For
Filmography
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
BUSCANDO MI NIRVANA
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
The Teacher
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
When Nirvana Came to Britain
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter
The UnXplained
27: Gone Too Soon
Kurt Everywhere
The Nineties
Soaked in Bleach
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Too Young to Die
Hit So Hard
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
Nirvana: Live On Air
Nirvana: Live at Reading
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Welcome to My Castle!
Kurt Cobain: About a Son
The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
VH1 News Special: Grunge
25 Years of Punk
Kurt & Courtney
Storyville
Classic Albums
Hype!
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
RuPaul's Christmas Ball
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
MTV Unplugged: Nirvana
Nirvana: Live and Loud
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991
Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso
Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy
Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
Nirvana: Live in Dallas
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990
The Word
Nirvana: Rockin’ T.P., Santa Fe 1989
MTV Video Music Awards
Nirvana: Teen Spirit Interviews